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C. F. MOELLER. Lantern.

N0.'233,1o7. Patented oct. 12,1880.

INVBNTQR ATTORNEY l1. PETERS. PHOTO-UTNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. MOELLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,107, dated October 12, 1880. Application filed January 10, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES EMOELLER, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l represents a front elevation, partly in section. of .my improved lantern; and Figs. 2 and 3 are a vertical transverse and a horizontal section of the same, respectively, on lines acw,`Fi g. 1, and y y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters vof reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has reference to an improved hand and pocket la ntern of such construction that the same can be lighted with great facility and in any weather, and brought within very narrow compass after use; and the invention consists of a lantern which is provided with an orifice in its rear wall and with a guide-tube in line with the same, and with interior sliding and spring-acted friction surfaces or jaws, which are arranged at or near a level with the burner, for lighting the lamp by pushing in a match.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the casing of a hand or pocket lantern, and B a coal-oil or other lamp, which is retained at the bottoni of casing A.- The sliding front of the lantern carries the usual glass lens, through which the light is emitted. Hinged handles at the rear part ofthe lantern serve for carrying the same, while a hook serves for securing the lantern to a belt, coat, or other support.

The rear wall of the lantern has an orilice and exterior guide-tube, a, and in line therewith a hole, b, in the hook. is on a level with the burner of the lamp, and also in line with semicircular recesses in the faces of two friction-jaws, C, Which are arranged at the ends of spring-acted slide-pieces C', that are guided in transverse ways d on the inside of the rear wall of the lantern.

Bytinserting a match into the guide-tube,

The guide-tube av is lighted at the same time. The unburned portion of the match is then withdrawn. In this manner the lantern may be lighted at any moment and at any place, whether exposed to Wind or not, and thus a reliable and convenient method of lighting furnished.

In the top plate of the lantern is guided a perforated draft-tube, l), which has top and bottom flanges, e, that act as stops in pulling out or pushing in the draft-tube D. A hinged ring on the top plate of the draft-tube serves for drawing out the tube when the lamp is to be lighted. The draft-tube is pushed down into the body or casing of the lantern when the lamp is extinguished. By storing thus the draft-tube at the interior of the lantern a more compact shape of the lantern is 0btained, so that the same takes up less place and may be carried conveniently in the pocket, if desired.

For cleaning and iilling the lamp the sliding front israised, as Well as a side slide-plate that binds on the shaft of the regulating spurwheels, and the lamp then readily removed for being filled.

I am aware that devices by which the lantern may be lighted by inserting a match through a funnel-shaped opening and an iguiting-tube have been used heretofore-as, for instance, that shown in the patent of Richard Hammill, No. 191,959, dated June 12,1877, and I therefore lay no claim to the same, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a lantern, the combination of the rear wall having an entrance opening, exterior guide-tube, and interior guides, with springacted slide-pieces having frictional end jaws in line with the guide-tube and on a level with the edge of the wick-tube, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of January,

CHARLES F. MOELLER.

Witnesses PAUL GQEBEL, CARL KAR?. 

